‘Once Upon A Time In Gaza’ Scoops Top Prize At 10th Critics’ Awards For Arab Films
The film 'Once Upon A Time In Gaza' has won the Best Film award at the 10th Critics’ Awards For Arab Films. Directed by Tarzan and Arab Nasser, the film is set in Gaza and follows the lives of a student and a restaurant owner. Other notable winners included Annemarie Jacir for Best Screenplay and Cherien Dabis for Best Director.
- ▪Once Upon A Time In Gaza won Best Film at the Critics’ Awards For Arab Films.
- ▪The film premiered in Un Certain Regard and previously won Best Director.
- ▪Annemarie Jacir's Palestine 36 won Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography.
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Once Upon A Time In Gaza Les Films du Tambour, Made in Palestine Project Palestinian directors Tarzan and Arab Nasser’s Once Upon A Time In Gaza has scooped Best Film at the 10th Critics’ Awards For Arab Films. Set in Gaza in 2007, and following the misadventures of a student (Nader Abd Alhay) and restaurant owner and petty criminal (Majd Eid), the picture premiered in Un Certain Regard last year and won the Best Director prize. Palestine 36, which was nominated in six categories, also won Best Screenplay for director Annemarie Jacir and Best Cinematography for Hélène Louvart.
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